Woodbury County News

The Minnesota Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry.

CHRIS HERMAN'S SON JON WAS A WOODBURY COUNTY DEPUTY WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH WHILE TRANSPORTING A PRISONER IN 1993: CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING SPOKE AT THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY AND SAYS OFFICER'S PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EACH DAY ON THE JOB: NINE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, SIOUX CITY POLICE AND A LOCAL F.B.I. AGENT HAVE DIED IN THE ... (more)

Sioux City Police officer Kevin McCormick put his life on the line last month, as a traffic stop nearly turned deadly on the city's west side.

PROOF VEST, SAID NOTHING AS HE WAS WALKED FROM A PATROL CAR INTO THE REAR ENTRANCE OF THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL.

Late Saturday evening, a woman was asked to show her ID after a traffic stop, refused and took off with a tail of patrol cars behind her.

By: Hollie Hojek hhojek@kcautv.com More than 300 people were expected to attend the 10th Annual Walt Fiegel Fundraiser and live auction.

By: Hollie Hojek hhojek@kcautv.com More than 300 people were expected to attend the 10th Annual Walt Fiegel Fundraiser and live auction.

By: Hollie Hojek hhojek@kcautv.com More than 300 people were expected to attend the 10th Annual Walt Fiegel Fundraiser and live auction.

Bulldozers are scheduled to begin scraping away at the ground in Woodbury County next year to prepare the way for another four-lane section of U.S. Highway 20, according to an Iowa Department of Transportation official.

He faced life behind bars, but thanks to a plea deal, 21-year old Christopher Fitzpatrick's been sentenced to 45-years in prison.

Marco Uribe, 25, could face up to life in prison for the crimes he committed. The charges stem from an incident in late December 2011, when a trailer in Mobridge was burglarized and a large quantity of cocaine and methamphetamine and several thousand dollars in cash was stolen.

The man accused of shooting a Sioux City Police Officer is now back in town, being housed at the Woodbury County Jail.

More questions are being raised about strip searches at the Woodbury County Jail.

DAVE O'BRIEN IS REPRESENTING SEVERAL WOMEN WHO HAVE OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SUING THE COUNTY AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE STRIP SEARCHES.

The Sac County Sheriff, Ken McClure, says on April 8th, a Sac County resident reported he was being extorted for $55,555 from an unknown male.

The Cleveland man charged with holding three women captive for a decade impregnated one of them five times and punched her in the stomach until she miscarried, police said Wednesday in a chilling report on the kidnappings.

We went straight to some moms themselves and asked what they want this year, but more importantly ... what they don't. The Kleberg County Sheriff's Office in Kingsville, Texas told the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office that Jamal Lee Dean waived extradition back to Woodbury County, Iowa.

A Pisgah, Iowa man who illegally made and sold fireworks and other explosive devices has been sentenced to 46 months in prison.

Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew says it could be some time before the man suspected of shooting a Sioux City police officer is brought back to Iowa.

JAMAL DEAN IS BEING HELD IN THE KLEBERG COUNTY JAIL IN TEXAS ON A WARRANT FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR LAST MONDAY'S SHOOTING DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE WESTSIDE.